Get the best odds for men’s football at the 2020 Summer Olympics
There are sixteen teams bidding to land the gold medal when it comes to men’s football at the Summer Olympics, with the nations from six different confederations and that naturally includes hosts Japan. The tournament is scheduled to run between 22 July – 7 August, with the sides divided into four groups of four teams.
How Are the Four Soccer Olympics Groups Split?
Hosts Japan have been put into Group A with South Africa, Mexico and France, with Les Bleus expected to be among the strongest teams at the tournament although we won’t see many of the stars that turned out for the team at Euro 2020 and each side will have a more youthful look.
Group B looks wide open and features New Zealand, Honduras, South Korea and Romania, while Group C looks fiercely competitive by comparison and we will see Spain and Argentina doing battle in this section along with Egypt and Australia to give it a really global feel.
World powerhouses Brazil and Germany will compete for a place in the knockout stage from Group D, with Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia also among the teams playing in this section.
Who Are the Betting Favourites to Win Men’s Olympic Football?
While we don’t yet know the confirmed squads who are going to be participating in Japan, it’s little surprise to find the household names among the favourites and bookmaker Unibet were the first to put up their outright Olympic football betting market, with Brazil trading as favourites.
The Selecao won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics after beating Germany on a penalty shoot-out and this was a squad that included Neymar, Rafinha and Marquinhos, so players of this calibre could well make a difference if we see the same squad turn out here.
Germany were also studded with quality players when reaching the final and they’re also trading among the favourites, with Die Mannschaft seeing Serge Gnabry and Julian Brandt among those players who scored in the final’s penalty shoot-out despite their team’s loss.
France will be an interesting pick as they have many good young players, some of whom might have just missed the cut when it comes to the Euro 2020 squad, while Argentina might not take this competition as seriously based on their 2016 Olympics effort which saw them fail to emerge from the group stage of the competition.
Perhaps hosts Japan can be buoyed by a passionate home crowd and you know that the team will be packed with quality players as they will want to continue their participation deep into the tournament, while Mexico are another side who are worth watching out for.